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Jan Mayen Volcano

Updated: Apr 25, 2024 14:23 GMT -
Stratovolcano 2277 m / 7,470 ft
Jan Mayen Island, Norway, 71.08°N / -8.17°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Jan Mayen volcano eruptions: 1985 

Latest nearby earthquakes

TimeMag. / DepthDistance / Location
Apr 23, 06:26 pm (Longyearbyen)
1.9

20 km
6.7 km (4.1 mi) to the NW Svalbard & Jan Mayen
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Thursday, April 18, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 18, 11:42 am (GMT +0)
1.7

0 km
Svalbard & Jan Mayen
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 GMT (2 quakes)
Apr 16, 08:28 am (Longyearbyen)
1.8

3.1 km
Svalbard & Jan Mayen
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Apr 16, 08:27 am (Longyearbyen)
2.7

17 km
6.2 km (3.9 mi) to the N Svalbard & Jan Mayen
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Friday, April 12, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 12, 03:20 pm (Longyearbyen)
1.7

17 km
Svalbard & Jan Mayen
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Thursday, April 11, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 11, 05:42 pm (Longyearbyen)
1.5

17 km
Svalbard & Jan Mayen
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Background

Remote Jan Mayen Island, located in the Norwegian Sea along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge about 650 km NE of Iceland, consists of two volcanic complexes separated by a narrow isthmus. The large Beerenberg basaltic stratovolcano (Nord-Jan) forms the NE end of the 40-km-long island, which is ringed by high cliffs. Beerenberg is a large 2277-m-high glacier-covered stratovolcano with a 1-km-wide summit crater and numerous cinder cones that were erupted along flank fissures. It is composed primarily of basaltic lava flows with minor amounts of tephra. Historical eruptions at Beerenberg date back to the 18th century. The Sor-Jan group of pyroclastic cones and lava domes occupies the SW tip of Jan Mayen. The Holocene Sor-Jan cinder cones, tephra rings, and trachytic lava domes were erupted from short fissures with a NE-SW trend.
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